Bilingual Greenhouse & Education Center Director

The Horticultural Society of New York; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401(k) after one year

Job summary

The Horticultural Society of New York seeks a highly organized Director, Greenhouse & Education Center to manage a team stewarding the Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park. This role leads operations, partnerships, programming, and logistics, reporting to the VP of Community Engagement.

Responsibilities include overseeing daily operations, partnerships with NYS Parks and NYC Public Schools, audience development, and program scheduling.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience running a public-facing site or program, or coordinating community stewardship, within an established institution.
• Experience building and stewarding partnerships and audiences with community institutions, schools, or public agencies.
• Strong organizational and budget management skills.
• Commitment to The Hort's mission to improve human lives through horticulture. Horticultural expertise is not required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations of the Greenhouse and Education Center. Ensure the center and gardens are clean, stocked, attended, safe, and welcoming.
• Ensure compliance with park, city, and organizational safety standards.
• Oversee client services for Greenhouse visitors.
• Build out greenhouse programming schedules in alignment with educational and community programming needs.
• Supervise onsite staff and set direction for the on-site team.
• Develop and implement schedules for staff, facilitators, and programs.
• Coordinate guest facilitated programs including outreach, scheduling and program review
• Coordinate logistics of high school internship program, HORTGreenhouse
• Track the site operating budget and supply expenditures.
• Support grant reporting related to site programming and operations.

Skills

Partnership development

Audience development

Budget management

Organizational skills

Public-facing communications

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

The Horticultural Society of New York seeks a highly organized Director, Greenhouse & Education Center to manage a team stewarding the Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park. This role leads operations, partnerships, programming, and logistics, reporting to the VP of Community Engagement.

Responsibilities include overseeing daily operations, partnerships with NYS Parks and NYC Public Schools, audience development, and program scheduling.